Republicans again elect Joe Straus as Speaker of the Texas House

So much for the “speaker’s race” in Texas. Of course, you already knew that there was no speaker’s race if you have been tuned in here because I told you that months ago.

In case you missed it, Rep. Joe Straus was re-elected Speaker by the Republicans in the Texas House. That’s right, by the Republicans. There were 96 Republicans that voted yesterday and 77 of them voted for Rep. Straus. And 76 is the magic number.

Why do I stress that and what does it mean? I stress it because the “oust Straus” goons repeatedly say that he is elected by Democrats. It means that these folks are going to have to admit that they are wrong. Well, not really because they never will. But the plain fact of the matter is that not one single Democratic vote meant anything in yesterday’s voting. The fact that all of the Democrats voted for Speaker Straus was merely icing on the cake.

Speaker Joe Straus was elected by Republicans. Republicans who care about their districts and the state more than they care about fringe ideology. Republicans that are authentic conservatives, not populists, secessionists, libertarians, grandstanders, or sycophants.